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| Insight on Prepaid vs Plan I just want some insight to a decision I'm about to make. I currently have AT&T 450 minute individual plan for $35.99/month and all I do is occasionally talk. I was wondering if it would be cheaper and wiser to go with a Net10 or Tracfone and pay as I go that way I wouldn't have a bill every month to worry about (I'm not in a contract, it's been more then 2 years) and I'm running tight on funds. Net10 seems to have and edge over Tracfone from all the research I've done over the internet though some may shed some light on that. Would it be more beneficial to just get a pay as you go phone for an occasional/emergency only talker (no text or data usage) or should I stick with the monthly plan? Please help me out here and anyone who has either let me know how the service is. I know the tech support is terrible but I plan on just buying a phone and a card as need be to get minutes.
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| Tracfone and Net10 are owned by the same company. What towers the phone uses is based on your zipcode.
Anyhow, you need to figure out who has acceptable coverage (At&t, Sprint, Verizon, or T-Mobile) in your area. Then estimate how many minutes you need per month. Remember with prepaid, there typically are no free mobile-to-mobile or nights & weekend minutes. |
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Before switching my family to the Virgin Mobile $25 a month plan, I tested it for nearly a month. After determining coverage was acceptable, we ported.
Information online about coverage and towers is helpful, but hands on tells the true story in a way that the maps can't.
My post paid cost with Sprint would have been about $200 per month today, based on increases Sprint has announced since we left. The cost for Virgin Mobile is $132.94 ($125 plus state sales tax).
We still get unlimited internet and texting. Our minutes are limited to 300 per month with no free nights and weekends. There is no ETF. If anything I could sell a Virgin Mobile $25 a month grandfathered plan for $100 or more per line.
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Douglasville, GA | reply to xQim
How about less than a nickel a minute and lasts for a year? Tracfone gets my vote.
Uses T-mobile/At&t
4500 anytime minuets, free roaming
365 days of service
$200 airtime
$20 phone
Buy the triple minuets phone for $20, add 1500 airtime card $200 get 4500 total. |
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